The Workforce Training and Education Coordinating Board conducts an analysis that results in identifying mid-level high employer demand occupation groups. The list of high demand occupations helps guide the investments of workforce development programs and services. Methodology.

Examples of careers in the above high-demand fields - (Links take you to CareerBridge.wa.gov website which is an online search tool designed to help you find the training and education you need to get the job you want.)

The average annual employer demand for all workers with mid-level education and training is expected to be 43,000 net openings between 2014 and 2019. In 2010, 34,000 Washington residents completed their mid-level training and education. If that completion number remains the same going into the future, the projected mid-level skill gap is 9,000 Washington workers per year.

CareerBridge.Wa.Gov provides you with information regarding the average pay of a particular career to the specific program in your area that can help you enter that career field. Career Bridge also can tell you how successful the program you are interested in is in training and getting people jobs in their professions.